Bats U.S. Options Market Share Reaches Record 11.7% in June

Global exchanges operator Bats Global Markets, Inc. (BATS:BATS), today reported June data and highlights, including record market share for its U.S. Options business. Bats reported 11.7% U.S. Options market share, up from 9.7% a year ago, and was also the market leader in single-leg equity options trades with 19.0% market share, a new record for the company. Additional Bats highlights for June include:

• Remaining the #1 U.S. market operator for ETF trading, executing 24.9% of all May volume, and winning 29% of all U.S. ETF listings so far this year;

• Maintaining its position as the second-largest U.S. Equities market operator with 20.3% market share;

• Retaining its position as the largest European stock exchange with 22.9% market share and the largest trade reporting facility with €428.8 billion reported to BXTR for the month;

• Successfully launching a UK-focused benchmark index series on June 13. Bats launched 18 different indices covering large and small cap securities and 12 industry sectors;

• Recording average daily volume of $28.8 billion for Hotspot, the company’s institutional spot foreign exchange market;

• Recording more than $119 billion of notional value per day touched by the Bats markets in June, including trades reported to BXTR.

 

Bats June 2016 volumes
U.S. EQUITIES: Bats Exchanges (BYX, BZX, EDGA, EDGX) Volume & Market Share

  • During June, the BZX Exchange ranked 1st or 2nd in quality of trading in 43% of the
    stocks in the S&P 500® Index, as measured by effective spread, according to the Bats
    market quality statistics.
  • Combined, the Bats Exchanges had the lowest effective spread in 58% of the top
    50 exchange-traded products in June

FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Hotspot Highlights, Volume & Market Share Statistics

  • Average daily volume traded on Hotspot’s London-area matching engine was $1.7
    billion, equating to 5.7% of overall volume available on the platform, a new record.
  • On June 14, Bats Hotspot announced plans to launch outright forwards for the FX
    market later this year.

EUROPEAN EQUITIES: Bats Europe + BXTR Volume & Market Share

  • According to Bats statistics on market size, 38.0% of all equity transactions in
    Europe (either traded on exchange or OTC) touched Bats’ systems in June.

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